Latest Release
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- AUG 18, 2023
- 10 Songs
- Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · 2013
- Wicked: The Soundtrack · 2024
- Frozen 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition] · 2019
- Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · 2013
- Frozen 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition] · 2019
- Frozen 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition] · 2019
- Wicked (Original Broadway Cast Recording) · 2003
- Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · 2013
- Wicked (Original Broadway Cast Recording) · 2003
- Rent (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · 2005
Essential Albums
- Frozen boasts a fantastic soundtrack that incorporates Disney musical traditions from across the eras. While “Frozen Heart” and “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” echo the sunny sing-alongs perfected in Aladdin and The Little Mermaid, Josh Gad brings a dose of comic relief to “In Summer,” a throwback to classic Hollywood comedy. Christophe Beck’s score translates wintertime romance, but Idina Menzel’s “Let It Go” is a performance for the ages. A perfect integration of structure, story, and emotion, this collection speaks to anyone coming into or own.
- What started life as unlikely political metaphor and beloved children’s tale, L. Frank Baum’s Wizard of Oz became one of Hollywood’s greatest film musical landmarks in 1939, a cultural touchstone that’s spawned a virtually non-stop series of revivals and adaptations ever since. But Godspell/Pippin composer Stephen Schwartz’s 21st century Broadway musical version comes courtesy of a slightly more obtuse take on Baum’s story: novelist Gregory Maguire’s 1995 revisionist prequel, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. Schwartz’s shrewd formula of fusing traditional Broadway with MOR pop-rock gives Tony-winner Kristen Chenoweth (in the beefed-up role of Glinda) several star turns, while co-stars Idina Menzel (as the misunderstood title character) and Wizard Joel Grey light up “The Wizard and I” and “A Sentimental Man,” respectively.
Albums
- 2023
Artist Playlists
- There's much more to this musical theater star than Elsa.
- A Broadway star fond of emotionally nuanced holiday music.
- The ‘Frozen’ star warms up the holidays with fireside classics.
Live Albums
- 2018
More To Hear
- Idina Menzel talks "Beast."
- Idina Menzel talks Christmas classics and her holiday album.
More To See
About Idina Menzel
Though John Travolta famously fumbled the pronunciation of her name while introducing her performance at the Oscar®s in 2014, Broadway audiences knew the name of Idina Menzel long before she helped Disney’s Frozen become an all-conquering global phenomenon. The future voice of Queen Elsa was born in New York City in 1971 and started her training in classical singing at the age of eight. In 1996, she made her professional stage debut in the original Broadway production of Rent. Remarkable for its power and precision, her mezzo-soprano voice and her onstage charm and charisma served her equally well when she originated the role of Elphaba in Wicked, a show that further endeared her to audiences and earned Menzel her first Tony for Best Actress in a Musical. While her theatrical endeavors kept her in high demand, solo albums like 1998’s Still I Can’t Be Still and 2008’s I Stand showed her developing skills as a singer/songwriter whose work inspires comparisons with Sarah McLachlan at her most sensitive and emotive. Nevertheless, wide-range name recognition eluded Menzel until her robust performance of Elsa’s empowerment anthem “Let It Go” became inescapable in 2013. Thanks to the boost in profile she got more of the attention she deserved when she returned to a more intimate mode of performance on 2016’s idina., her fifth and most acutely personal album to date.
- FROM
- Queens, NY, United States
- BORN
- May 30, 1971
- GENRE
- Pop